Table 2 Univariate linear regression analyses between lumbar spine L2-4, femoral neck and total hip BMD and participants’ characteristics.

From: The Association between Daytime Napping Characteristics and Bone Mineral Density in Elderly Thai Women without Osteoporosis

Variables

Lumbar spine L2-4

Femoral neck

Total hip

B

p-value

B

p-value

B

p-value

Age (years)

−0.001

0.424

−0.007

<0.001

−0.006

<0.001

Age at menopause (years)a

0.003

0.060

0.002

0.091

0.001

0.213

BMI (kg/m2)

0.008

<0.001

0.005

0.001

0.008

<0.001

Dietary calcium intake (mg/day)

−0.00003

0.255

0.00003

0.219

0.00002

0.479

Serum 25(OH)D (nmol/L)b

0.001

0.234

0.001

0.027

0.001

0.017

Previous calcium supplementation

0.017

0.670

0.037

0.218

0.001

0.974

Previous vitamin D supplementation

−0.028

0.400

−0.013

0.611

−0.009

0.746

Diabetes

0.039

0.034

−0.009

0.540

0.015

0.316

Exercise

0.013

0.344

0.015

0.135

0.016

0.151

Previous osteoporotic fracturesc

−0.017

0.135

−0.011

0.217

−0.010

0.283

Nighttime sleep duration (h)

−0.003

0.560

−0.001

0.872

0.000

0.954

Reported daytime napping

−0.013

0.397

−0.001

0.929

−0.008

0.501

Daytime napping duration per week (h)

0.000

0.801

−0.001

0.413

−0.012

0.188

Daytime napping frequency per week

0.000

0.881

−0.003

0.141

−0.003

0.089

  1. BMI, body mass index; 25(OH)D, 25-hydroxyvitamin D = 386; bn = 383; call of osteoporotic fractures were wrist fractures. Bolded values indicate statistical significance at p < 0.1.